Familiar faces finished atop the leaderboard at the Traverse City Challenge #4 held March 21, 2015. Greg Bailey won the Open section with 3-0 and Alex Bemben won the Reserve section with 3-0. This is Greg’s second title in the TC Challenge series. For Alex it’s a four-peat and he’s now 13-0 in rated games in Traverse City!

Complete list of winners:

OPEN SECTION

1st: Greg Bailey, 3.0 ($50)

2nd: Dan Sajkowski, 2.0 ($22.50)

U1900: Robert Bemben, 1.5 ($27.50)

RESERVE SECTION

1st: Alex Bemben, 3.0 ($58)

Tied 2nd: Joe Revnell, 2.0 ($19)

Tied 2nd + U1300: Jackson Borst, 2.0 and Gary Hughey, 2.0 ($19 each)

We change to Roman numerals for our next tournament, the Traverse City Challenge V, coming up on Saturday May 16, 2015.

About The Author

Mike Williams

I recently moved to Traverse City from North Carolina, where I had been active as a chessplayer and a USCF tournament director. A longtime tournament veteran, I've been chasing the Expert title which I finally achieved in mid-2014.

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